Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo

2016-08-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > I never said /etc/hostname was necessary for operation of systemd. > > It *is* the way that normal people set their hostname for a system > that doesn't get configured via DHCP or some dynamic method. > Correct, this is the way to set a STA

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo

2016-08-25 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:11 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Mike Gilbert posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:49:42 -0400 as excerpted: > >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Michael Orlitzky >> wrote: >>> On 08/24/2016 07:37 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: I imagine _someone_ out there

[gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo

2016-08-24 Thread Duncan
Mike Gilbert posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:49:42 -0400 as excerpted: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Michael Orlitzky > wrote: >> On 08/24/2016 07:37 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: >>> >>> I imagine _someone_ out there wants it, otherwise we wouldn't be >>> discussing it. >> >> The thread started

[gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo

2016-08-24 Thread Martin Vaeth
William Hubbs wrote: > > I am planning to change the logic in /etc/init.d/hostname so that if > /etc/hostname exists, the first word out of that file will be used as > the hostname rather than any setting in /etc/conf.d/hostname. You could also make the content of the default /etc/conf.d/hostname